Desert Awareness Committee

Phone (480) 488-1090
Email info@hollandcenter.org
Website https://hollandcenter.org/programs/desert-awareness-committee/

The Desert Awareness Committee has been the community resource advocate for the Sonoran Desert since 1974. Our mission is to educate residents and visitors so that they may join us in understanding, conserving and preserving our diverse and fragile desert; its plants, animals, water, and wildlife.

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  • Prickly Pear Festival

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    The Holland Center 34250 N. 60th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

    Come to our haunted desert for the 7th Annual Prickly Pear Festival! This free, family-friendly event features prickly pear treats and products, demonstrations of juicing, jojoba oil pressing and mesquite flour preparation, plus face painting, caricatures, a haunted-desert photo opportunity, and an interactive storytelling performance. Come in costume and kick off Halloween with fun, food, and desert-inspired festivities for all ages!

  • Desert Awareness Park Tour – November

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    Desert Awareness Park 38100 N. Vermeersch Road, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Join us for a leisurely stroll through our local native desert park — led by a Desert Awareness Naturalist — and learn about Sonoran Desert upland plants and how they survive. Walks are the 1st Saturday of the month December through April, begin at 10 a.m., and last for 60-90 minutes. The Nature Trail is relatively flat, and the Saguaro Trail is slightly uphill.

  • Desert Discovery Day: Explore the Sonoran Desert

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    Jewel of the Creek

    Unplug and join us for a day of fresh air, fun and adventure at the Jewel of the Creek! Our signature program, the Desert Awareness Committee, and the Desert Foothills Land Trust for the 14th annual Desert Discovery Day. Explore the Sonoran Desert, learn about its past and present inhabitants, meet native wildlife, and enjoy hands-on activities for all ages.

  • Desert Awareness Park Tour

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    Desert Awareness Park 38100 N. Vermeersch Road, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Join us for a leisurely stroll through our local native desert park — led by a Desert Awareness Naturalist — and learn about Sonoran Desert upland plants and how they survive. Walks are the 1st Saturday of the month December through April, begin at 10 a.m., and last for 60-90 minutes. The Nature Trail is relatively flat, and the Saguaro Trail is slightly uphill.

  • Desert Awareness Park Tour

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    Desert Awareness Park 38100 N. Vermeersch Road, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Join us for a leisurely stroll through our local native desert park — led by a Desert Awareness Naturalist — and learn about Sonoran Desert upland plants and how they survive. Walks are the 1st Saturday of the month December through April, begin at 10 a.m., and last for 60-90 minutes. The Nature Trail is relatively flat, and the Saguaro Trail is slightly uphill.

  • Desert Awareness Park Tour

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    Desert Awareness Park 38100 N. Vermeersch Road, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Join us for a leisurely stroll through our local native desert park — led by a Desert Awareness Naturalist — and learn about Sonoran Desert upland plants and how they survive. Walks are the 1st Saturday of the month December through April, begin at 10 a.m., and last for 60-90 minutes. The Nature Trail is relatively flat, and the Saguaro Trail is slightly uphill.

  • Desert Storytelling at the Hollow: Animal Stories

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    Harmony Hollow 44316 N Spur Cross Road, Cave Creek, az

    Join our signature program Desert Awareness Committee at Haromny Hallow and learn how desert animals manage to live in the desert from their own point of view. Meet those who know the animals firsthand. A fun and enlightening experience with the Desert Awareness Committee and friends.

    Get Tickets $25.00

  • Desert Nibbles & Bites Plant and Park Tour – Desert Awareness Park:

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    Desert Awareness Park 38100 N. Vermeersch Road, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Join our signature program, the Desert Awareness Committee (DAC) as they lead a tour of all the wild, edible plants at our Desert Awareness Park. You will receive plenty of tips on Sonoran Desert plant identification, how to harvest, and prepare for eating. Enjoy delicious desert bites and nibbles prepared for all to sample.

  • Healing Powers: Medicinal Plant Workshop at Harmony Hollow

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    Harmony Hollow 44316 N Spur Cross Road, Cave Creek, az

    Discover the healing power of the Sonoran Desert. Join our signature program, the Desert Awareness Committee, and walk through the desert like a true forager! You will learn to identify, harvest and prepare medicinal plants from the desert that have been used over the centuries by native cultures for healing. Take home your own pressed plant medicinal journal.

    Get Tickets $110.00

  • Earth Day & Cactus Charlie Poster Contest Awards

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    The Holland Center 34250 N. 60th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

    Learn about water conservation and how to maintain your desert landscaping and raise healthy plants. We will also be sharing the amazing artwork from our youth K-12 artists as we recognize their talent and announce the winners of the Cactus Charlie Poster Contest. Poster submission deadline is April 16, 5PM.